សន្និសីទស្តីពី វិស័យអនាម័យជនបទ ដែលដឹកនាំដោយថ្នាក់ខេត្តលើកដំបូង / The first...
(English below) ពិតជាមានកិត្តិយសខ្លាំងណាស់ ដោយមានវត្តមានដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ពី ឯកឧត្តមអភិបាលនៃគណៈអភិបាលខេត្តកំពង់ចាមបានធ្វើការថ្លែងសុន្ទរកថាបើកកម្មវិធី សន្និសីទលើកទី១៖...
View ArticlePisey’s Perspective: reflections from a Civic Champions Program Manager
“You’re too young! You can’t give us advice!” two government officials scoffed as Pisey walked by to take the microphone on stage. Pisey patiently smiled and proceeded to facilitate a high energy,...
View ArticleWaterSHED update during COVID-19
Dear Friends and Colleagues, The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly changed the world around us, including our work here in Cambodia. During the last two months, Cambodia closed its borders, schools, and...
View ArticleWaterSHED 2018-2020 Strategy Brief
Obsolescence is (or should be) the goal of all development aid organizations. To paraphrase an old saying: Give a man a fish, and he will be hungry tomorrow; teach a man to fish, and he will eat for...
View ArticleCreating Viable and Sustainable Sanitation Enterprises: A Retrospective...
Download Creating Viable and Sustainable Sanitation Enterprises: A Retrospective Analysis of Rural Sanitation in Cambodia The USAID WASHPaLS Desk Review on scaling market-based sanitation (MBS)...
View ArticleCivic Champions Hybrid (2018-19) Cost-Efficiency Analysis
Download: Civic Champions Hybrid (2018-2019) Cost Efficiency Analysis WaterSHED conducted a cost-efficiency analysis of the 2018-2019 Hybrid iteration of the Civic Champions program. The Hybrid...
View ArticleInstitutionalizing Novel Development Programs
How do promising development models or programs become mainstreamed by national governments? This is a critical question in regards to WaterSHED’s exit strategy. Chea Sang, Government Partnerships...
View ArticleFrom NGO-led to Government-led: Civic Champions Leadership Development...
In February (that vaguely mystical time before COVID-19), the latest iteration of the Civic Champions training program kicked off. After multiple iterations since 2013, this one will be the last one...
View ArticleAn Old Idea about Handwashing is New Again / គំនិតចាស់មួយនៃការលាងសម្អាតដៃ...
A student in Kampot, Cambodia washes hands with HappyTap inside of the classroom (Photo credit: UNICEF Cambodia/2020/Antoine Raap) (Khmer below) Did you know, the SHED in WaterSHED stands for...
View ArticleWhat about M&E?
In previous newsletters and blog posts, we’ve talked a lot about facilitating a government-led program at scale. A big part of the story is how the government will track its progress and have the...
View ArticleMeasuring local leadership with 144 natural experiments
This post was originally featured on Developmental Leadership Program website here. By: Tum Nhim, Panhaka Nou, Sodany Saing Image: Civic Champions winner Penh Moy. Photo credit: WaterSHED These are...
View ArticleAgenda For Change’s Conversations with Collaboration Champions feat. Sovattha...
Agenda for Change’s (A4C) new podcast, Conversations with Collaboration Champions, focuses on collaborative action in the WASH sector across the globe. In the latest episode, A4C Deputy Coordinator...
View ArticleOn the Role of Expatriate Staff and Other Reflections from WaterSHED Founders
What kind of Executive Director refuses to put their NGO’s logo on anything? Probably the kind who is proud to lead an organization that some in government call the “no money NGO”. We sit down with...
View ArticleSave the date: May 24 | Saying Goodbye to WaterSHED / សូមកត់ថ្ងៃទុកជាមុន...
We would like to invite you to a closing ceremony for WaterSHED on May 24, 2021. After a decade of contributing to a growing rural sanitation system and working towards a strategic exit, we will close...
View ArticleWaterSHED Newsletter Archive
05/2021 – Making the impossible, possible and other reflections from WaterSHED founding members. Extra: Exit Q&A 12/2020 – What about M&E? 09/2020 – When is the job done? National gov’t...
View ArticleWorkshopping an Organizational Exit: highlights from WaterSHED’s NGO learning...
On May 20, 2021 WaterSHED teams conducted a Khmer-language learning event for NGOs working in diverse sectors in Cambodia, ‘Aiming for the exit: learnings from WaterSHED’s decade of market systems...
View ArticleGuidance on market-based sanitation (UNICEF, 2020)
Download the guidance (pdf, 8 MB) UNICEF draws on the global evidence base and experience of programs, such as WaterSHED’s Hands-Off MBS, to provide practitioners with resources to plan, design,...
View ArticleOn the Role of Expatriate Staff and Other Reflections from WaterSHED Founders
What kind of Executive Director refuses to put their NGO’s logo on anything? Probably the kind who is proud to lead an organization that some in government call the “no money NGO”. We sit down with...
View ArticleSave the date: May 24 | Saying Goodbye to WaterSHED / សូមកត់ថ្ងៃទុកជាមុន...
We would like to invite you to a closing ceremony for WaterSHED on May 24, 2021. After a decade of contributing to a growing rural sanitation system and working towards a strategic exit, we will close...
View ArticleWaterSHED Newsletter Archive
05/2021 – Making the impossible, possible and other reflections from WaterSHED founding members. Extra: Exit Q&A 12/2020 – What about M&E? 09/2020 – When is the job done? National gov’t...
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